Orestes Caviglia

El octavo infierno, cárcel de mujeres (1964)

A woman tries to prove his son's innocence, a taxi driver who is accused of murder. ...

Paula Cautiva (1963)

An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her. ...

La Pampa Gringa (1963)

"My life was the same as that of thousands of gringos: I plowed and sowed the land, and went to the bar on Sunday." Such is the refrain throughout LA PAMPA GRINGA, which endeavors to relate the sense of community built by the European settlers who in 1865 ...

The Boss (1958)

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him. ...

El cielo en las manos (1950)

Three young men leave the orphanage where they grew up to make their ways in the adult world. ...

Nace la libertad (1949)

In 1812, the Argentine people and the army of the north resist the royalist advances. ...

De padre desconocido (1949)

A single mother is unjustly detained by the police. A lawyer, son of the judge in the case, falls in love with her. ...

Tierra del Fuego (1948)

Several individual stories converge in the imposing setting of the southernmost tip of the continent, all of them involving a crisis of faith. Most of the important situations in the film are based on real episodes, such as the massacre of indigenous peopl ...

Pelota de trapo (1948)

This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups. ...

Nunca te diré adiós (1947)

The passionate love of a married woman and a single man. ...

Albergue de mujeres (1946)

Different stories that take place in a women's accommodation. ...

Rosa de América (1946)

The life of Saint Rosa de Lima. ...

The Circus Cavalcade (1945)

The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs. ...

Su mejor alumno (1944)

The film tells the story of the natural son of a former president of Argentina and father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, named Domingo, according to the first autobiographical accounts. ...

Casa de muñecas (1943)

The conflict of a woman with her husband when she starts defending her individuality. ...

Malambo (1942)

Based on a quechua legend, Malambo tells the story of a woman who lost her husband and son because of the greedy patrón of an hacienda. She swore that she would never remove the cloth over her eyes until her dead were avenged by the deaths of the patrón ...

En el viejo Buenos Aires (1942)

The romance between an actress and a young man provokes the rejection of the class to which he belongs. ...

La maestrita de los obreros (1942)

The relationship of the young night school teacher with her students. ...

Una vez en la vida (1941)

A woman helps a man escape from the police and ends up falling in love with him. ...

Appointment at the Border (1940)

Two middle-aged brothers fall in love with a tango singer they have met in a gambling hall, after she is stranded in their border mining town, causing them to turn against each other. ...

Huella (1940)

In 1840, a caravan of carts headed from Buenos Aires to Córdoba carrying merchandise, ammunition and prisoners, against the background of the struggles between the Unitarians and the Federalists. ...

North Wind (1937)

In an indigenous village a murder occurs, and young man is sentenced to death for it. However his father, the real culprit, takes the responsibility. ...

El pobre Pérez (1937)

Juan Pérez is a waiter in a luxurious place where the bachelor party of a man who is going to get married for convenience is done. When a dancer and singer with whom he was entangled, chases him, he uses Perez to get rid of her. ...

Palermo (1937)

A criminal tries to scam a horse racing fan using a seductive woman. ...

Melgarejo (1937)

An adultery-induced woman is helped by her driver who discovers the villains. ...

Cadetes de San Martín (1937)

A rural businessman is robbed by a corrupt partner and his cadet son and good student aspires to run the business. ...

Una porteña optimista (1937)

Tararira (la bohemia de hoy) (1936)

A musical film with a performance by the group that was very fashionable at the time, El Cuarteto Aguilar. It was produced in 1936 but was never released. ...

Mis cinco hijos (1948)

After reaching retirement age and leaving his job, a father devotes all his attention to helping his children transition smoothly into their adult lives. ...

Hay que casar a Ernesto (1941)

Adaptation of the play "Casada pronto verte quiero". ...

Al toque de clarín (1941)

A retired army captain runs a farm using military methods. ...

Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1940)

A man returns to the town where he abandoned his wife and daughter for ten years. ...

El matrero (1939)

A gaucho unjustly accused of murder becomes a dangerous nomad. ...

Con las alas rotas (1938)

A man finds out his wife had a lover and abandons her, but first he gains custody of their daughter. ...